Ch 04 Self-Quiz 1

. Which of the following is NOT an important step in achieving a readable style?

Determine the number of readers.

Determine your readers' knowledge of the subject.

Determine whether a particular style will be expected.

Consider your relationship to your readers.

. Which of the following is NOT an example of business jargon?

as we agreed

at the present writing

viable alternative

effect an improvement

consideration was given

. Which of the following is NOT a key to building effective sentences?

Select your level of language.

Watch sentence length.

Use specialized vocabulary.

Use active voice.

. Passive-voice sentences

begin with an intransitive verb.

treat the subject as the recipient of the action.

make an explanation easier to read and understand.

denote an act or state that occurred in the past.

include the agent near the verb.

. Which of the following is NOT a basic principle of effective paragraph development?

a. Include only information relevant to the topic sentence.

Place sentences in a logical order.

Use long paragraphs.

Use a topic sentence to summarize content to come.

. Style includes

paragraphs and sentences, but not word choices

word choices and paragraphs exclusively

paragraphs, sentences, word choices, but not grammar and spelling

the overall way we express ourselves, except word choices.

. You may have to adjust your style

to suite your readers' education and reading level

depending on the rules of punctuation

whenever you change your sections in a document

to appear more intelligent

. Good writing has

concrete nouns and abstract verbs

abstract nouns and concrete verbs

concrete nouns and concrete verbs

abstract nouns and abstract verbs

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